Chapter 5 - Chat under the moonlight
As I sat in bed, I realized to my horror that I had unexpectedly broke the rules when I summoned Elemental hero Absolute zero back to the field through the effect of rope of life...I was horrified, I was totally shamed as a duelist. Just then my Duel PDA rang. It was a message from ! The message wrote: "Dear Dylan Yuki, This is Fudo. I am here to inform you that your mistake of summoning Absolute zero back to the field was well observed..." Reading up till here I could feel my heart thumping really hard. I had no idea what to do...so I continued to read on. "Despite this fact, we saw immense talent within you despite this unexpected mistake. The board was really sure that you would be able to perform to make up for your mistake hence we gifted you with the rare opportunity to duel the brightest student of the first year academy, Lily Loussiner, which proved to be worth all the trouble. Your splendid display had truely helped the academy find the talents that we are looking for. Therefore, you shan't worry about the mistake and hence should continue believing in your style of dueling. Regards, ."After finishing the letter, I gave a great sigh of relief. Today sure was my lucky day. I took out the Stardust Dragon that had given to me. It was absolutely amazing. As I continued to reflect on the rest of the day, I came to think about Lily Loussiner. She was all mean and stuff at first but at the end, after she had lost the turbo duel, she seemed like a totally different person, all nice and stuff. I took out the Gemini deck that she had pleaded me to keep. I still remembered her statement really clearly... "You sure are one interesting guy. But seriously, I had promised. Also since you are the first person ever to defeat me, I'll tell you something. This is not my deck. In reality, I have no deck at all. So since I was defeated, it's time I find my own deck. When that day comes, we'll duel again!" I wonder who this deck belonged to... I arranged and organized my various decks neatly and went to close the window for the night when I saw that there was someone sitting by the beach.(Duel Academy is located in the city but it is not anywhere central but at the edge of Neo Domino City which is the location of Moon Beach, the most beautiful beach around.) I was really curious who it was and hence took this as an excuse to try out Delta X. I put on my jacket and my helmet and rode Delta X to the beach. The Duel Runner sure was a splendid ride. The moon was in full bloom today! It sure looked pretty... As I reached the beach, I saw a Duel runner parked by a tree on the beach. I happened to recognize it as... Kaizer Z! Could the person sitting over there be Lily? I parked Delta X next to Kaizer Z and walked over to the sea. As I had expected, Lily was sitting there by the beach. I walked over to her and as I walked closer, I began to hear this wear sobbing sound getting louder and louder. Soon I saw with my own eyes Lily crying by the beach. I walked towards her and asked why she was crying. "No, I'm not crying!" Lily defended. "Don't lie. I could here you sobbing all the way at that tree." I responded instantaneously. I patted her shoulder and said, "Now, if you have anything that you are unhappy about, just tell it to someone, in this case me if you are alright with that. That way, you would feel much better." Lily sniffed away some tears and began her story. "I grew up as the daughter of the great duelist Joseph Loussier. He was a great gemini deck player, earning recognition as a pro duelist. But one day, he was murdered cold-bloodedly by an unknown person. I didn't know what to do at that time, I was powerless...Totally powerless...sniff...With that I swore to avenge my father. Taking his deck and using it as my own. This deck has reminded me continuously about the bitterness of my father's death. He was the only person I ever loved. My mother died when I was born and I have followed my Dad eversince...The grief and sorrow of this incident has been reflected in my deep determination to be the best duelist. I never enjoyed duels as I had prior to my Dad's death...My blind search for the murderer has driven me to become a creature rather than a girl...That was until today...Dylan...I have to thank you. By defeating me, you have released my feelings from within and I have to thank you for that." Lily said as she concluded her story and finally breaking down into tears. I let her rest her head on my shoulders despite it being extremely intimidating as even Sophie has never came so much in contact with me. But I understood, how she felt, losing a loved one to a killer and having to carry on that sorrow into dueling...It sure is painful. I comforted her holding her by her shoulders, "Lily, I understand how you feel about your Dad and all but you have to learn to awaken from such a dreadful nightmare, only then would you be able to continue living happily. I am sure your Dad was a good man, that is why you should be a good and happy person as well! Your father definitely wouldn't like you in the state you are in now! So cheer up!" I smiled. Lily looked up to me and gazed at me dreamily... Suddenly, I heard a really loud voice, "Hah! Lily! What a loser you are!" I turned and saw Ron Stratos and Stella Ng, both being students frm Obelisk Blue. "Lily! I used to look up to you but look at you now! Such a mess! Hanging out with such Slifer Red idiots!" Stella stormed. I was about to protest when Ron silenced me by saying, "Lily, you have shamed Obelisk Blue by losing to such an idiot who can't even remember the rulings of his own cards!" I was about to protest again but Lily suddenly said something sternly, "If I am really that foolish, why not we have a duel?" Ron smirked, "Very well then Ex-best! We shall have a duel but it will be a tag duel! I would like to see how you do with your new friend!" I was really getting frustrated but Lily gave me a look which is extremely complex and hard to describe. The look despite being so complicated and all got it's message across... "Let's Duel!" I passed Lily her gemini deck. "No, I have my own deck built..." I cut Lily off and said, "You are wrong Lily, this is not someone else's deck. This is your deck. I am sure you will find yourself in this deck. Now take it and let's give the a good show!" I said as I put the gemini deck safely on her right hand with two hands. I got my duel disk from Delta X and Lily got hers. We gathered in the formation for a tag duel and the duel...BEGAN!
Ron and Stella: 8000 vs. Lily and Dylan: 8000
To be continued..